
This work documents two decades of anti-rape activism in the USA. From grass-roots efforts to the institutionalization of state-funded rape crisis centres, the movement has changed public thinking about sexual assault significantly. Activists in rape crisis centres across the...

..a story of the success of the women's movement in placing rape and its survival on the political agenda. ...I liked it very much.' Betsy Stanko, University of Brunel

Public thinking about sexual assault over the last two decades has changed dramatically for the better. Activists in rape crisis centers can claim a feminist success story, but not always as they would choose. Through her study of six rape crisis centers in Los Angeles, Nancy...